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Hairy root cultures of Artemisia annua L were cultivated for 30 days under either white, red, blue, yellow or green light. Red light at 660 nm gave the highest biomass of hairy roots (5.73 g dry wt cells l−1 medium) and artemisinin content (31 mg arteminsinin g−1 dry cells) which were, respectively, 17% and 67% higher than those obtained under white light.
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Wang, Y., Zhang, H., Zhao, B. et al. Improved growth of Artemisia annua L hairy roots and artemisinin production under red light conditions. Biotechnology Letters 23, 1971–1973 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013786332363
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